The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-02-09

Mrs. John Burnett was very sick last week
but il now out of danger. She was treated
by DIR. A. w. Hendrick.
Ham and eggs are now a favorite article
of diet. The former in cheap and the latter
will be when the hens begin To crow.
Fred Woodman slaughtered two-year-
few days ago that dressed 2l2l9 pounds TO
the quarter. Tom Cotton butchered it and.
for good neat country butcher, Tom takes
the cake.
Miles Lucas. the old trapper and hunter,
il bagging good many skunks this winter.
If you have any of the little pets running at
large let Miles know il: he can put them 10
good use.
Capt. Buck only sent out from Galigan's
pension office, the other day, sixty-four
orders for az many soldiers To report for
examination. They were all the way from
Vermont to California.
Someone who neither respects his Maker,
himself nor the monarch of Hades comes into
our Office and steals our papers. A paper
thief is no particular benefit in this world
and the sooner he leaves il the better it will
be.
Old Mrs. Flanders, Hiram's mother, who
has been suffering for some time from the
effects of stroke of paralysis is reported
worse. She is eighty-four years old and the
chances are against her. She is an 1872
pensioner.
A couple of Waverly chaps, going home
from town the other day, reported seeing a
blacksnake over four feet in length crossing
the road ahead of them. Bill Dansby said
he didn't sell them anything. They must
have got it somewhere else.
He had his fathers old horse at the shop to
be shod and told the smith not to pare the
the old fellows toads as pa said it would
make him lame. "Toads!" said the smith.
"what are they?" "Why, them things on the
bottom of his feet that he jumps with
replied the boy.
1t is reported that Ed. Bedell of Martin.
Allegan county, has been trihing with the
affections of a handsome Martin belle, and
that she has had him arrested and proposes
to hold him responsible. If it is our little
Ed. Bedell, we have no confidence in her
case; he amt built that way.
4 Henry Stern was over from Lawton the
other day and bought a car load of sheep
paying four dollars per hundred right
through, old sheep and lambs. We knew
Henry when he carried pack and couldn't
, talk very much United States. He has laid
a his pack aside and can manage the YER
a nacular in good shape now.
8 An old lady living at East Decatur sent Us
word that she considered the NoRTHERNrn
9 the best paper in the country. She said
that when she sat down TO read our items
many OF them made her feel twenty five
t years younger. Nothing pleases US any
more than to take old people back to the
days of their youth; it makes us feel
e younger too.
, The seventh institute of the Porter.
> Antwerp and Almena Sunday schools will
he held at the NJ. K. church in Lawton on
Sunday. the 9th instant, commencing ut
ten o'clock a. IN. A very attractive and
L instructive programme has been prepared
for the occasion, and q general invitation
is extended to all those who are interested in
the work. Please bring gospel hymns.
Reuben Qua is the happy owner of a fine
collie shepherd dog that he considers very val
I liable. A short time since, his dogship came
up missing, and Rube was about to offer a
reward for the purp, alive or dead, when he
was informed by Mrs. Jones that she had
heard strange noises in one of her outbuid-
Y ings. search revealed the lost animal Z" in
a hole" whence he was rescued and is now
, as lively as could be expected under the cir
, cumstances.
That horse buyer who was after all the
6 Wilkes colts he could get, paying from $500
. to 81 600 each for them, was bound to have
4 n Harry or Guy Wilkes, the former the
greatest campaigner known to the world.
Harry has good sprinkling of thoroughbred
blood coursing through his veins which gives
: him great stamina and endurance. BY the
y way, Ben Wilkes can boast of good thorough
I bred blood and turtles will do well TO keep
an eye on him.
, The only representatives from this county
to the convention of millers held at Kalama-
4 ZOO last week, was George III. Xix of Antwerp.
and Eli Wise of this village. 1t is good for
millers to meet often so that they may be
better prepared for making pure buckwheat
out of middlings or pure ground oats and
corn from screenings, an art that has not
, yet been brought to perfection although the
. fraternity of toll takers have made rapid
. progress in that direction.
o The next important political move is the
3 nomination of a candidate for justice of the
@ supreme court. We understand that
r Attorney Sam Holmes will not be candidate
: for that Office but il trimming his sails for
q alderman of his native village. We have
always voted for Sam for the reason that, no
matter what Office he may hold, he attends
strictly to business and should he finally
consent to accept the nomination for Justice
J. of the supreme court he shall have our
: support.
y Joe Sherman is wrestling with Blackstone,
l. Reeves on Domestic Relations, Bunyans
d Pilgrims Progress. Conner on Beans and
. other well known legal works. Joe is bound
!. to be full fledged lawyer just as soon as
possible. He seems to be climbing the
:, ladder the right way. as a lawyer should be
well posted in all kinds of business in order
To become a successful practitioner. Joe
= has had experience AZ a newsboy, blacksmith,
Y trunk-wrestler, horn blower. drum heater,
ball-pounder and starts out in good shape to
: become first class legal book-banger.
Z We have received consignment of
. English bull terriers right from the dog
3 kennels of Philadelphia, and propose to
again try our luck'in that branch of industry.
D Our better half asked us how much we paid
o for the stock? We replied, "Only about
seven dollars a pound and cheap at that.
q Her rejoinder was to the effect that we had
r asoftspot. Our -rejoinder was that thatsoft
e spot would be good place for pup to